"It's especially painful because the Red Sea is a place many researchers have been hoping and hypothesizing is a thermal ...

Clownfish do a wiggle dance to increase seawater circulation to their sea anemone hosts, helping the sea creatures breathe, a new study suggests. The findings, published today (Feb. 27) in the Journal ...

By Liz Kimbrough When Morgan Bennett-Smith descended to a familiar reef in the central Red Sea in September 2023, he expected ...

When a scientist visited the Red Sea during the 2023 heatwave, he noticed the organism that hosts clownfish had turned ...

The coral reefs of the Red Sea, once home to some of the world’s most vibrant clownfish populations, are turning silent. A ...

Divers captured larval fish carrying stinging anemones for protection - revealing a surprising open-ocean partnership never ...

The partnership between clownfish and sea anemones is one of the most iconic in the animal world. Unlike in Pixar’s film Finding Nemo, clownfish seldom stray far from their anemone. During the day, ...

The Red Sea, circled by desert landscapes, is home to marine life accustomed to the water’s bathtub-like temperatures—often reaching 85 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. But in the past three ...

The sight of a clownfish wriggling through the stinging tentacles of its anemone is a familiar and seemingly well-understood one to most people—the stinging anemone provides a protective home for the ...

With its vibrant orange color and white stripes, also known as bars, the clownfish is among the most iconic sea creatures. But how does Nemo develop its distinctive look? Scientists are learning more ...

Clownfish perform a wiggle dance that increases oxygen flow to their hosts, sea anemones Clownfish do a wiggle dance to increase seawater circulation to their sea anemone hosts, helping the sea ...